Has anyone else tried removing the stock Swype and installing the new Swype Beta with Dragon Dictation on their AT&T Note yet? Just doesn't install.
Did you delete the /lib files belonging to the previous swype version? U Need to delete these before installing a new swype
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Yes, did that. Just seems like an issue with beta apk file with the Note?
Possibly
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I think your right, it may not nd be compatible with the note :c
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It's compatible. It worked just fine on my International version.
I haven't put it on my AT&T version because of the USPS bull****.
Maroon Mushroom said:
It's compatible. It worked just fine on my International version.
I haven't put it on my AT&T version because of the USPS bull****.
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Can you walk us through the process please? Many thanks
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Can you walk us through the process please? Many thanks
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I'll walk you through it if I can get it to work again with this AT&T version, haha...
I didn't do anything special from what I remember, just Titanium Backup uninstall, double checked the lib files, and installed. Haven't done it in a while...
Installed Swype Beta but...
Got Swype Beta 3.26 working on my AT&T G-Note. Not difficult but I removed it and re-installed the stock version.
The problem is that Swype Beta thinks that the G_Note is a tablet and the keyboard is WAY TOO SMALL to use. On installation you have to choose Android Tablet or a Japanese Tablet. No choice for a phone size display or any way I found to change the keyboard size. I didn't play too deeply to try to resolve.
Here was technique I used. (You are on your own usual warning....)
TOOLS
Root Explorer
A Rooted G-Note
1. Root Explorer search "Swype".
2. Take screen shot of where the Swype folder and files are so you remember how to put it back together.
3. Move all Swype files and folder to a new Swype backup folder for safety (I think I had to change some permissions to do this). It was one folder in /data/data 2 files in /system/app and one file in /system/lib
4. Get a Swype Beta account, download and install it. (I did this months ago so I don't remember it all.) I had the old email from them and just ran the link again
5. Restoring old was just uninstalling Swype Beta and the Swype Installer, putting the folder and files back where they were and re-booting.
Hope it gets worked out. I used Swype 3.25 on a Dell Streak and it was clearly better than what is on the G-Note.
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Got Swype Beta 3.26 working on my AT&T G-Note. Not difficult but I removed it and re-installed the stock version.
The problem is that Swype Beta thinks that the G_Note is a tablet and the keyboard is WAY TOO SMALL to use. On installation you have to choose Android Tablet or a Japanese Tablet. No choice for a phone size display or any way I found to change the keyboard size. I didn't play too deeply to try to resolve.
Here was technique I used. (You are on your own usual warning....)
TOOLS
Root Explorer
A Rooted G-Note
1. Root Explorer search "Swype".
2. Take screen shot of where the Swype folder and files are so you remember how to put it back together.
3. Move all Swype files and folder to a new Swype backup folder for safety (I think I had to change some permissions to do this). It was one folder in /data/data 2 files in /system/app and one file in /system/lib
4. Get a Swype Beta account, download and install it. (I did this months ago so I don't remember it all.) I had the old email from them and just ran the link again
5. Restoring old was just uninstalling Swype Beta and the Swype Installer, putting the folder and files back where they were and re-booting.
Hope it gets worked out. I used Swype 3.25 on a Dell Streak and it was clearly better than what is on the G-Note.
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Yeah, word. The Galaxy Note's resolution is totally foreign to the Note, so we have to use stock for now - which blows.
Here you go guys - found a solution posted by user zipxavier on the international Note section.
Here's the APK file - http://www.mediafire.com/?svqyodormoxvgz2
Its the ICS version of the latest beta, works perfectly fine, Dragon Dictation works as well. Not the annoying tablet version.
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Does anyone know if the new youtube app (froyo only) has been ported to any of the 2.1 ROMs? If so, or if someone would be willing to do it, It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
http://www.mediafire.com/?uz2ozyyznbm
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help?
How do i go about installing this? I uninstalled the original app using titaniun backup but now wuen i go to install this apk it says something about installing over an older version (even though i thought i uninstalled it) and then it says uninstall failed. Do i have to use adb?
which rom are u running. You should be able to install it over the old youtube. It should ask u to upgrade. I use astro file manager. All I did is went to downloads clicked onto youtube apk and opened it and installed it.
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I am running xtrSense 4.2.1
xtrom and xtrsense will not let u over ride some apps. They are built in to the rom. Try using kaosfroyo or tenzo's plainjane rom with cache2cache. If u decide to use kaosfroyo, go to the market and upgrade what he has installed. Kaosfroyo will let u view hd by default. There is a new youtube on the market only available for froyo
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so theres no way (even with adb) to push that apk while using xtrSense? I have never been a fan of the Froyo rom as it seems to run really slow to me for some reason (even when OC-ed).
No, there is not. Checkout the threads, there are 2 sensefroyo roms out on beta. It's looking cool. kaosfroyo is pretty fast. check it out.
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FYI: The posted version is 1.6, not the new 2.0 that's still Froyo only.
You can use root explorer in the market to replace your old YouTube apk with this one. Yes its a paid app but its worth it. I have xtrROM 4.5 loaded and so far no issues. Just make sure you rename the old apk first just in case you run into any problems.
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Also forgot to mention this as its critical - by default root explorer will not mount your system/app folder. Tap mount r/w on the top right of your screen when youre in the folder before you rename and paste the new file. Then tap and hold, select permissions and reset these so they are identical to the old file. Then reboot your phone.
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Ok one more thing. When you rename the old file, just add .old to the end of the file.
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ok thanks a bunch, ill try that later tonight. I love my xtrSense lol. Ive tried the new TenzoSense Remix rom and honestly its nice, but xtrSense just seems rock solid when it comes to fluidity and performance (taking into account that the remix rom is only a RC1 rom).
I may very well buy the root explorer and not just refund it, although how much of an advantage does it have over titanium backup?
Root explorer is just a file manager for root users. I've never used titanium backup since I keep a backup of my apps and there isn't much in settings that I can't redo in seconds. I just stick with nandroid backups
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Just came across this in the xtrROM thread, a modified YouTube app from Froyo that works in Eclair - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817528
haven't tried it yet though
Since Dell included Swype in the 2.2 updates, you can not install the beta swype apk without running into issues.
It will disable swype and simply un-installing the swype beta does not restore the original swype on the device. So your stuck with either having to do a factory reset or some knowledge of the system files.
I found this post over at the swype beta forums under Droid X by grooves12 which worked for me on the Streak.
Follow the simple steps and you'll be good to go
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First, your Droid X must be rooted. There is plenty of info out there on how to accomplish this.
Get a root file manager (I use root explorer)
1. Change your default input method to anything other than Swype.
2. Mount file system as R/W
3. Delete (or move/rename) \system\app\swype.apk
4. Delete (or move/rename) \data\dalvik-cache\[email protected]@[email protected]
5. Delete (or move/rename) \system\lib\libSwypeCore.so
6. Reboot
7. Download and Run the latest Swype Beta installer
8. ENJOY!
I hold no responsibility if you screw up your system, and recommend you make a backup before attempting this, but, the above steps worked perfectly for me, and I am now running the latest Swype beta on my X.
These steps should also work on other models that come pre-installed with Swype from the factory, but I don't have another one to test, so have no way of being sure. If anyone tries it, let me know if it works for you!
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Why continue trying to use the beta when you have a fully working version already in the streak?
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yeah what's new with the beta? I can wait for stable release I think
--punked by Dell
--0wned with custom froyo long before their update
The latest one works much better, the main thing I think is most beneficial is that when you delete a name from your dictionary its actually deleted. In the one that comes with dell's ftoyo whenever I attempt to swype the word "now" the name "nour" would come up. No matter how many times I deleted "nour" from my dictionary it would still come up.
also I don't like how the numbers are across the top row, now with the beta I have installed the numbers are in the middle like a 10 key
head over to beta.swype.com to see a full change long.
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i googled soooo much to find this out and stumbled across this post and it works!!! thank u soo much lol
Where do u get the file from?
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borijess said:
Where do u get the file from?
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What file? the swype beta?
You have to be part of the beta program.
Sign up over at http://beta.swype.com/ and if you get accepted you'll get an email with a link.
-good luck
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What file? the swype beta?
You have to be part of the beta program.
Sign up over at http://beta.swype.com/ and if you get accepted you'll get an email with a link.
-good luck
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I got it
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I want to erase EVERYTHING about swype.
Which files do I remove? I'm trying to update it to the newest
I just deleted some swype files and now swype is completely gone but i cant install from the installer... Says problem parsing package
Delete the installer and redownload it from swype.com.
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Delete the installer and redownload it from swype.com.
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Still won't work. There are 2 other files that I know of that make swype associated to the ROM as a system app (and preventing an installation). I removed those as well (so I removed a total of 4 swype-related files from the android system) and it still couldn't install.
If you or someone else has successfully managed to install swype from swype.com on a swype-enabled ROM, you should write steps on how to do it.
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Still won't work. There are 2 other files that I know of that make swype associated to the ROM as a system app (and preventing an installation). I removed those as well (so I removed a total of 4 swype-related files from the android system) and it still couldn't install.
If you or someone else has successfully managed to install swype from swype.com on a swype-enabled ROM, you should write steps on how to do it.
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What he said thanks anyways
When I remove an app I use Titanium Backup Pro to wipe the data before I uninstall it
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Figured it out from another topic. Swype can be installed PROPERLY now. Working great too. Here are the instructions. Just follow them exactly and you're set.
1.Remove libswypeCore from system/lib
2.Remove ANY files that have the word "Swype" in their name from system/app. There should be 2. One is swype.apk, the other is swypetips.apk or something like it.
3.Reboot into recovery, clear dalvik cache.
4.From TitaniumBackup, verify that you can't find swype anywhere in the installed apps. Make sure the option to show system apps is on. If you DO find anywhere swype, uninstall it.
5.Reboot your phone. It will take a WHILE, can be up to 10 minutes, that is normal.
6.Install new swype.
NOTE: To access system/lib and system/app you will need a root-based file manager such as Root Explorer. Root Explorer can be found on the market and is very useful all around.
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Figured it out from another topic. Swype can be installed PROPERLY now. Working great too. Here are the instructions. Just follow them exactly and you're set.
1.Remove libswype from system/lib
2.Remove swype.apk from system/app
3.Reboot into recovery, clear dalvik.cache.
4.Install new swype.
NOTE: To access system/lib and system/app you will need a root-based file manager such as Root Explorer. Root Explorer can be found on the market and is very useful all around.
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Ugh I tried just now.
I couldn't find any apk or libswype but I deleted the libswypecore.so
And there is no API because I deleted it before...
I wiped the dalvik cache or something and it took lIke 5 minutes to bootup and when I try to install it says problem parsing cache.
Can someone with new swype give me their apk? I'm sure if I put that in system/app it'd work.
Also what is dalvik cache?
Someone please help. I'm bored of using the android keyboard
I can give you the old version as well as the new version. But from what it sounds, you didn't clean the swype files completely.
I'll update the steps for removing swype. I realized one or two of them are unclear. I'm also attaching the NEWEST swype I just installed in this post. Note that you need to push that into data/app, NOT in system. Also, you need to have cleared the old swype as my system/app and system/lib had NO files associated with swype.
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I can give you the old version as well as the new version. But from what it sounds, you didn't clean the swype files completely. Do you want me to upload the new version?
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Yes please!
Thanks so much
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I can give you the old version as well as the new version. But from what it sounds, you didn't clean the swype files completely.
I'll update the steps for removing swype. I realized one or two of them are unclear. I'm also attaching the NEWEST swype I just installed in this post. Note that you need to push that into data/app, NOT in system. Also, you need to have cleared the old swype as my system/app and system/lib had NO files associated with swype.
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thanks, i installed that everything worked but the language, and the whole point of swype, swyping.
i turned it on and it gave me a message saying the language pack is incompatible with my phone or something, i clicked ok, now when i swype, i get nothing, i can type normally but no swype.
also on swype settings it the language option is like grey so i can't click it...
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nevermind, i got it to work.
for people with same problems, install the attachment from the post on page 1, last post.
normally install no need to put it on system/apps or anything
Now use your normal swype installer from www.beta.swype.com and it will tell you that your swype is unlicensed, it'll guide you on disabling swype, and it will generate a license (you need to make a login at swype.com) and then the language pack and everything is fully installed.
thanks for the attachment, couldn't have done anythign without it!
Might want to pull that swype board down, it constitutes warez.
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Might want to pull that swype board down, it constitutes warez.
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Swype doesn't cost money. Therefore its not warez.
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Swype doesn't cost money. Therefore its not warez.
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Swype has requested that their app not be shared here or anywhere. Just a suggestion, as it IS considered warez. You can leave it up, the mods will find it soon enough.
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Swype has requested that their app not be shared here or anywhere. Just a suggestion, as it IS considered warez. You can leave it up, the mods will find it soon enough.
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Oh I'm sorry. Didn't know they did, there are plenty more threads though
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Oh I'm sorry. Didn't know they did, there are plenty more threads though
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Yeah, I know, just trying to save you guys a headache.
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Is there any way we can get the new swype update incorporated into some of the ROMs? Or do we have to download it separately?
shahud said:
Is there any way we can get the new swype update incorporated into some of the ROMs? Or do we have to download it separately?
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I would imagine it will get incorporated into future ROMs or included in an update to a current ROM. But if you want it now you will have to download it separately. Before you can download 3.0 you will have to switch your default keyboard to another keyboard then using a file explorer app such as root explorer go in and delete these four files: /system/app/swype.apk, /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod, /dbdata/databases/com.swype.android.inputmethod, and /system/lib/libswypecore.so
swype 3.0 beta has drm/licensing stuff in it..so it will expire at some point if we incorporate as is into the roms (comrom/etc)
im hopeful we can get that stuff removed as was done for 2.29 that we were using in tsm roms
Okay cool. Thanks for the replies
Spent some time trying to get swype 3b installed.
The installer apparently requires the old version to be removed. So I did (Titanium). The installer went all the way through the download process, but actually installing gave me "was not installed." Gee, what a helpful error.
So I tried downloading an apk from the web and got the same error. So I tried using root explorer to install the apk manually (including setting permissions and changing owner). It FC'd repeatedly after reboot. So I removed it.
Then I tried adb install. That didn't work either. Then, realizing that Titanium didn't have a backup for my original Swype, I tried installing the v2 apk via adb, but that doesn't work either.
Ugh. Now I don't have Swype at all! Any ideas? Can someone tell me if there's a unique version for this phone or something?
idheitmann said:
Spent some time trying to get swype 3b installed.
The installer apparently requires the old version to be removed. So I did (Titanium). The installer went all the way through the download process, but actually installing gave me "was not installed." Gee, what a helpful error.
So I tried downloading an apk from the web and got the same error. So I tried using root explorer to install the apk manually (including setting permissions and changing owner). It FC'd repeatedly after reboot. So I removed it.
Then I tried adb install. That didn't work either. Then, realizing that Titanium didn't have a backup for my original Swype, I tried installing the v2 apk via adb, but that doesn't work either.
Ugh. Now I don't have Swype at all! Any ideas? Can someone tell me if there's a unique version for this phone or something?
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Me too on the Swype problem. I had 3.0 working on the CM7 Alpha that jt built but that was a little to buggy so I switched to CommROM 2.0. Because of the way Swype is integrated into CommROM, it can't be easily replaced. Would love for someone to point me in the right direction on this.
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that you're not supposed to download swype beta if you have a phone that comes with swype installed. I'm not sure why but I read that it won't work.
Choose a different keyboard. Uninstall old swype. Reboot, then install new beta.
Worked for me.
Yeah, I struggled with that issue last night (getting "was not installed" with 3.0 after removing 2)... but don't fret, it turns out the solution (which I discovered by mistake) is to literally just reboot your phone before installing 3.0. Hurr.
Keep in mind you still do have to manually delete /system/lib/libswypecore.so using Root Explorer or the like after uninstalling Swpye 2 via TB -- otherwise you will have problems.
Is there an echo in here?
And I did not have to manually delete any files and everything is working fine.
I used Titanium to delete the original, then used the installer without problems. That said, I don't like 3.0 and went back to the old version.
Working!
After seeing your replies, I deleted the lib file. I also ran
adb shell pm list packages
and found com.swype.android.inputmethod was still installed:
adb uninstall com.swype.android.inputmethod
then reboot.
then used swype little installer package.
and now it works!
Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
Delete using Titanium, reboot, install using the standard Swype installer seems to work.
Keeps getting better with every release!!!
I had been having some issues with the latest Swype beta's auto-correction, in that when I was touch-typing for non-dictionary words (like acronyms, etc.), the auto-correction was doing its job and was 'auto-correcting'; but of course, I didn't want these words corrected! (I guess I was still operating under Swype's old rules which were when you touch-typed, it always assumed you were entering the correct spelling of whatever you had typed). So I turned off automatic auto-correct, and now I just have the word suggestion bar. This process seems to be working much better for me now.
black alien trial period issues
nitsuj17 said:
swype 3.0 beta has drm/licensing stuff in it..so it will expire at some point if we incorporate as is into the roms (comrom/etc)
im hopeful we can get that stuff removed as was done for 2.29 that we were using in tsm roms
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is gunnermike aware of this? i am using his black alien theme, which is awesome, and i was getting a trial period ended error last night and swype will not swype it just works like a regular keyboard.
gonna try the solution above after work
Thanks for the great ROM
wscaddie56 said:
is gunnermike aware of this? i am using his black alien theme, which is awesome, and i was getting a trial period ended error last night and swype will not swype it just works like a regular keyboard.
gonna try the solution above after work
Thanks for the great ROM
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Yeah 2.29 very much expired, once a recalled how to uninstall the old and reinstall the new I'm running 3.6 now myself and even if it expires in awhile its a five minute process to go one from to the latest
idheitmann said:
Spent some time trying to get swype 3b installed.
The installer apparently requires the old version to be removed. So I did (Titanium). The installer went all the way through the download process, but actually installing gave me "was not installed." Gee, what a helpful error.
So I tried downloading an apk from the web and got the same error. So I tried using root explorer to install the apk manually (including setting permissions and changing owner). It FC'd repeatedly after reboot. So I removed it.
Then I tried adb install. That didn't work either. Then, realizing that Titanium didn't have a backup for my original Swype, I tried installing the v2 apk via adb, but that doesn't work either.
Ugh. Now I don't have Swype at all! Any ideas? Can someone tell me if there's a unique version for this phone or something?
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looks like you forgot to reboot!
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Are there any other file managers besides root explorer that take advantage of root access?
I'm sure root explorer is good and all, I just don't feel like forking over 3 or 4 bucks or whatever for it - I don't like paying for apps, it's just one more thing that isn't a free download if you have to reflash your ROM or do a factory reset or something. Learned that lesson a few years ago with an 2nd gen iPod Touch.
That being said, there's plenty of free file managers out there, will any of them perform root operations such as deleting Swype.apk manually?
Once you purchase an app it is linked to your gmail acct. If you wipe or reflash it's still your's. Save yourself the headache and just buy root explorer.
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So I recently rooted my Photon and in all the excitement I uninstalled swype and installed swype 3. Well I didn't back it up like I wanted to so now I lost it. I would like to get it back just in case becuase I am getting FC with swype 3 and I would rather not do a hard reset if I don't have to. So question is anybody on here have the photon themed swype apk file?
predwing said:
So I recently rooted my Photon and in all the excitement I uninstalled swype and installed swype 3. Well I didn't back it up like I wanted to so now I lost it. I would like to get it back just in case becuase I am getting FC with swype 3 and I would rather not do a hard reset if I don't have to. So question is anybody on here have the photon themed swype apk file?
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Try this. Download the CM5 from Yay's thread in the dev thread. Using 7zip remove everything from the package except the swype apk
I had the same FC issues, and the recommendation in the post above will work like a charm. I grabbed it from the system dump that is posted but CM5 should work just as well.
If you really want Swype 3.+ You can wait for an update which they say is coming soon but we will see lol. Otherwise if you search around you can find a stand-alone version that will install without the swype-installer app and work like a charm. I couldn't figure out the FC issues for the beta and that was the only way I could get Swype 3 to work.
So that you don't loose the original you can put it back in the /system/app/ folder and rename it to swype.bak and you'll still be able to install swype 3. Then if you need the orginial back to return your phone or whatever just uninstall swype 3 and rename that file to swype.apk
that did it thanks alot